U+2560 "╠" Box Drawings Double Vertical and Right Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+2560 "╠" Box Drawings Double Vertical and Right is a graphical element within the Box Drawing block, designed for creating text-based diagrams and user interfaces. It consists of a double vertical line that intersects with a single horizontal line extending to the right, forming a T‑shaped junction where the vertical stem uses double strokes. This character is typically employed in terminal applications, plaintext tables, or legacy systems to represent a branching point in a grid, commonly seen alongside other box‑drawing symbols like "╣" or "╚" to construct structured borders and outlines.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2560 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Box Drawings Double Vertical and Right |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Forms Double Vertical and Right |
| Block | Box Drawing |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ╠ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ╠ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x95 0xA0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2560 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002560 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2560 |